Chapter II: Oratorios

1. _Passion according to St. John_ (9) Hamburg, 1704. 2. _Resurrezione_ (32) Rome, 1708. 3. _Il Trionfo del Tempo_ (24) " 1708. 4. _The Passion of Christ_ (15) Hamburg, 1717. 5. _Esther_ (First Version) Canons, 1720. 6. _Esther_ (Second Version) King's Theatre, London, 1733. 7. _Deborah_ (29) King's Theatre, London, 1733. 8. _Athaliah_ (5) Oxford, 1733. 9. _Saul_ (13) King's Theatre, London, 1739. 10. _Israel in Egypt_ (16) " " 1739. 11. _Messiah_ Dublin, 1742. 12. _Samson_ (10) Covent Garden, 1743. 13. _Joseph_ (42) " " 1744. 14. _Belshazzar_ (19) King's Theatre, 1745. 15. _Occasional Oratorio_ (43) Covent Garden, 1746. 16. _Judas Maccabaeus_ (22) " " 1747. 17. _Joshua_ (17) " " 1748. 18. _Alexander Balus_ (33) " " 1748. 19. _Solomon_ (26) " " 1749. 20. _Susanna_ (1) " " 1749. 21. _Theodora_ (8) " " 1750. 22. _Jephtha_ (44) " " 1752. 23. _Triumph of Time and Truth_ (20) " " 1757.